Cuba - Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) in Cuba was 59.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 60.22 in 2010, while its lowest value was 36.17 in 1984.

Definition: Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) is the share of female academic staff in tertiary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1982 37.82
1983 39.63
1984 36.17
1985 39.75
1986 42.59
1987 43.32
1988 43.43
1989 44.57
1990 45.02
1991 44.46
1992 45.57
1993 47.11
1995 45.42
1996 45.20
1997 45.42
1998 47.64
1999 47.70
2000 47.99
2001 48.51
2002 47.31
2003 36.63
2004 45.64
2005 58.83
2006 57.58
2007 55.85
2008 58.69
2009 59.44
2010 60.22
2011 52.19
2012 55.64
2014 53.81
2015 55.68
2016 56.96
2017 57.89
2018 58.60
2019 59.00
2020 59.13

Development Relevance: The share of female teachers shows the level of gender representation in the teaching force. A value of greater than 50% indicates more opportunities or preference for women to participate in teaching activities. Women teachers are important as they serve as role models to girls and help to attract and retain girls in school.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The share of female academic staffs in tertiary education is calculated by dividing the total number of female academic staffs at tertiary level of education by the total number of academic staffs at the same level, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Inputs